One more thing before you go. <br />The door is open. You will walk out and not return. <br />The shadows of the night will take you away. <br />The car door will slam. And then there will be <br />That unspeakable silence once more. <br />So, let me ask for the first and last thing <br />I ever asked you for: let me memorise your face. <br />Maudlin? No, not I. <br />Let me memorise your face for the empty years to come. <br />I do not even know what I will become. <br />Let me, in total recall, imprint <br />The colour of your hair, your eyes, your skin <br />But do not let the slightest emotion begin. <br /> <br />I will not touch the skin of your hands. <br />That means nothing. It will not sustain me <br />On life's long journey. On lonely days and nights <br />I will remember these moments: <br />These moments, fraught with anguish and this place: <br />The instant when I memorised your face. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright: Rani Turton<br /><br />Rani Turton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/let-me-memorise-your-face/
